The key to lowering the risk of employees becoming victims of phishing is to adopt an "adult learning" approach to training, says Brent Maher, CISO at Johnson Financial Group.
Ransomware alone cost organizations an estimated $1 billion in 2016, up from $24 million in 2015 and there is no end in sight for 2017! Ransomware, business email compromise, and spearphishing are serious problems that can steal your data, intercept funds, and disable access to your organization's network.
This new...
As a security leader, you're faced with a tough choice. Even as you increase your budget for sophisticated security software, your exposure to cybercrime keeps going up! IT security seems to be a race between effective technology and clever attack methods. However, there's an often overlooked security layer that can...
The recent escalating ransomware attacks have shown that no organization is safe and the effects of those attacks can be devastating. By many reports, ransomware has been already responsible for causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, with no end in sight.
Find out how you can help to combat these attacks...
Ransomware is vicious malware that locks users out of their devices or blocks access to files until a sum of money or ransom is paid. Attacks cause downtime, data loss, possible intellectual property theft, and in certain industries an attack is considered a data breach. Phishing emails, compromised websites and free...
Ransomware is a multi-billion dollar business with the number of new ransomware variants continuing to grow quarter-over-quarter. Despite the many security offerings available, organizations continue to fall victim to ransomware attacks.
For this report, we surveyed businesses across all industries to find out what...
CEO fraud has ruined the careers of many executives and loyal employees. It is responsible for over $3 billion in losses and has victimized more than 22,000 organizations.
Don't be next. The CEO Fraud Prevention Manual provides a thorough overview of how executives are compromised, how to prevent such an attack...
Many phishing campaigns are very targeted against specific types of users inside an organization, says Ironscale's Brendon Rod, who notes that "70 percent of attacks are targeting just 10 mailboxes or less and around 30 percent are just targeting one mailbox."
Phishing remains the top attack vector, and an organization's people of course remain the top target. But how can these same people be leveraged as a key component in your anti-phishing defense? "Security professionals have to abandon any notion that phishing is solely a technology challenge", says Kurt Wescoe, Chief...
Whenever a bad actor gains access to another party's legitimate account, this is called an Account Takeover (ATO). Not only are ATO attacks tough to spot, they can also cause a lot of harm beyond just stolen goods and chargebacks, including backlash from upset customers. In this guide, we dive into how these attacks...
Just one click: That's all it takes for a victim to inadvertently grant attackers access to their email account via a third-party application. Here's how to spot signs of OAuth-related hacking and how to defend against it.
Phishing remains the top attack vector, and an organization's people of course remain the top target. But how can these same people be leveraged as a key component in your anti-phishing defense? Kurt Wescoe of Wombat shares insight.
New York-based SeatGeek, a ticket search engine that enables customers worldwide to search for, find, and purchase tickets to countless events from multiple sources - all in one spot, was looking for a strategic and effective way to predict fraud trends while identifying legitimate users.
That is when they turned to...
Restaurant reservation service OpenTable aims to create an amazing dining experience for its millions of users.
Sift Science enabled OpenTable to scale a highly successful digital gift cards program without increasing risk.
Read the case study to learn how to:
Limit manual review;
Move from a manual...
A travel company that sells online undoubtedly encountered the flip side of enabling convenient and engaging features like last-minute bookings and streamlined checkout. Fraud and abuse threaten to run rampant.
If you mistakenly allow a bad actor to buy something, create a fake account, or compromise a good user's...
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